Combined step-ladder and ironing-board.



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COMBINED STEP LADDER AND 1110mm BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17, 1905.

' UNITED st r r as PATENT oFFIoE. 1

ALEXANDER scorr, or, ASPEN,IOOL ORADO. COMBINED STEP-LADDER ANDJRQNlNG-BOARD.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that-I, ALEXANDER Soo'rna I citizen of the United States, residing at As pen, in the county of Pitkin and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Com-- bined Step -Ladder and Ironing-Board, of which the following is a specification.

This invention isa combined step-ladder. and ironing-board, and has'for its object to provide a novel combination and arrangement of parts whereby the device may be conveniently converted from a step ladder mto an ironing-board, and v1ce versa, and may also be compactly folded whennot required for use.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as. will be herein-.

after more fully described, shownin the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended cla1ms,. it being un-. derstood that changes in the form, propor tion, size, and minor details may bemade Within the scope of the claims without de-z parting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure1 is f a perspective view of the device set up as a: step-ladder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sec-' tional view of the device arranged for use as an ironing-board. Fig. 3 is an lnverted viewof a fragmentary portion of the ironingboard,'showing the intermediatecleat there-- on. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the device in itscollapsed or folded condition. Fig. '5. is a. detail fragmentary sectional view showing the relation of the ladder member and the combined brace and prop member when the device is setup as a step-ladder, the parts be-' ing shown folded in dotted lines.

Like characters of reference designate cor responding parts in each and every figure of the drawings;

The present device includes a ladder mem- ,ber made up of side rails 1 and a series of steps 2, connecting the rails, there being a relatively wide step 3 at the top of the rails and projected in rear thereof. An ironingboard 4 of conventional shape is'connected' to the rear edge of the top step 3 by means of suitable hinges 5, located slightly inward from the'large end ofthe board. 1 Adjacent I the free end of the board and upon its under side is a terminal seat in the nature of a hooked cleat 6, dis josed in the lineof the lon-' gitudinal center 0 the board. About mid Way between the ends of the board and upon Specification of Letters Patent. .Applioation filed June 17,19 05.' Serial Ni)! 266,793.

Patented March 13, 1906.

itsunder side there is a transversetcl eat or 7 member made up of parallel sideba'rs' 11, con I nected adjacent their opposite ends by'the respective cross-rods 1'2 and 13, each side bar being provided with a longitudinal slot 14, in

which the cross-rod 10 of the ladder member is received in order that the prop member may be slid endwiseacross the rod and also turned or. swung thereon.

When the device is set up as a step-ladder, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the board 4- is swung downward and the prop member is slid downwardlyto engage its lower end with. the floor and to have the cross-bar 13 engaged with the hook-sh aped cleat or seat 6, whereby all threemembers'of the device are locked against collapsing, and the ladderis sustained in a thoroughly rigid and efiective manner.

To convert the device from a step-ladder into an ironing-board, the cross-bar 13 of the prop is disengaged from the seat-6 and the "lronmg board is swung outwardly to enable the 'prop being "tilted upwardly upon the cross-bar 10 as a support'until the upper ends of the prop members are disengaged from the cams 15, whereupon the prop 1s slid endwise through the ladder-section to the-extent permitted by -the slots 14, and then the ladder member and the prop member are adjusted to cross one another substantially in the manner of the letter X, with the upper edges of theprop members 11 bearing against:

the earns 15, and those ends of the prop members'which are adjacent the cross-bar 13 being fitted in the notches or seats 8 of the cleat or ,cross bar. 7 whereby the ironing -board will be supported in a substantially horizontal position. The entire structure is held against collapsing by reason of the upper end 0 the rop members 11 fitting in the seats upon t e under side of the ironing-board 4,

with intermediate portions oftheprop membersbearing against the cams 15, which holds the structure in a rigid andstable condition.

When the deviceis not'in use, it is folded into compact form, as shown in Fig. 4, by moving the prop upon the cross-bar 10 to the extremities of the slots 14 adjacent the cross-bar 12', whereupon the prop may be 5 turned upon the crossbar so as to turn the adjacent ends of the prop members 11 past the cams 15 to the rear side and in substantial parallelism with the laddersection. After the prop has thus been disposed in to rear of the ladder-section it is slid endwise inwardly toward the top step 3, so as to avoid projection of the prop beyond the free ends of the ironing-board and the ladder-section, whereby all of the parts of the device will fold 5 into compact form to enable the convenient handling and storage of the device when not in use. In connection with the turning of the prop members 11 past the cams 15- it will be noted in Fig. 5 of the drawings that the 2 ends of the members 11 adjacent the cross-bar 12 he below the cams, and therefore these ends of the prop members may be readily turned past the cams, so as to bring the prop members entirely at the rear side of the step- 2 5 section.

It will here be explained that the prop does not support the ladder-section when the device is set up as a ladder, but operates as a brace to prevent separation of the ladder and the ironing-board 4, the latter operating as a prop to support the ladder-section in its upwardly-inclined position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A combined step -ladder and ironingboard comprising a ladder member, an ironing-board member hinged to the top of the ladder and provided upon its under side with an intermediate seat and a terminal seat ad jacent the free end of the board, and a combined prop and brace member having a pivotal connection with the ladder member and slidable endwise upon said pivotal connection to permitgengagement of one end of the member with the terminal seat of the ironingboard for use as a brace when the device is set up as a ladder and also to permit of said end of the combined brace and prop engaging the intermediate seat of the ironing-board to 5 operate as a prop when the device is set up as an ironing-board.

2. A combined step ladder and ironingboard comprising a ladder member, an ironing-board member hinged to the top of the 5 5 ladder member and provided upon its under side with a terminal hooked seat and a pair of transversely-spaced intermediate seats, a bar extending across the side rails of the ladder member, and a combined prop and brace 6 made up of spaced longitudinally-slotted side bars and terminal crossbars, the crossbar of the ladder being received within the slots of the prop and the latter being slidable endwise across said bar and also pivotally 5 supported thereon to permit of one of the cross-bars of the prop member being ei'igaged with the terminal hooked seat of the board when the device is set up as a ladder and to permit of the ends of the sides of the prop member being engaged with the intermediate seats of the ironing-board when the device is set up for use as an ironing-board.

3. A combined step-ladder and ironingboard comprising a ladder member having a crossbar disposed in rear thereof, an ironingboard hinged to the top of the ladder member and provided upon its under side with an intermediate seat and a terminal seat located adjacent the free end of the board, and a longitudinally-slotted combined pro and brace member receiving the cross-bar o' the laddersection in the slotted portion thereof with the prop member slidable endwise across the cross-bar and also pivotally supported thereon, the prop capable of being turned upon the cross bar into substantial parallelism with the ladder-section at the back thereof and between said section and the ironingboard when the device is folded, one end of the prop capable of being engaged with the terminal seat of the ironing-board when the device is set up as a ladder, and also capable of being engaged with the intermediate seat when the device is set up as an ironing-board.

4. The combination of a ladder member, a crossbar carried by the ladder and offset in rear thereof, a top member hinged to the top of the ladder and provided upon its under side with a terminal seat, and a longitudinally-slotted prop member receiving the cross-bar in the slotted portion thereof with the prop slidable endwise across the bar and also pivotally sustained thereon, the prop capable of being turned into substantial parallelism with the ladder member at the back thereof to lie between said member and the top in the folded condition of the device, and also to have one end of the brace engaged with the seat of the top when the ladder is set up in condition for use.

5. The combination of a leg member, a top member hinged thereto, and a prop member pivotally connected to the leg member at a point in rear of the latter and also capable of being slid in anendwise direction across said pivotal connection to dispose the prop in substantial parallelism with the leg member in rear thereof and between said member and the top in the folded condition of the device, said top being provided upon its under side, with a seat and the upper end of the prop capable of being engaged with the seat when the prop is crossed with the leg member to support the top in a substantially horizontal position, the leg being provided with a stop disposed for engagement by the upper side of the prop in the setup condition of the device.

6. The combination of a leg member, a top member hinged thereto, and a prop member pivotally connected to the leg member at a 'pable of being engagedwith the seat when the prop is crossed with the leg member to support the top in a substantially horizontal position.

7. In a combined step-ladder and ironingbo'ard,, the combination ofa step mem ber'having its side rails provided with corresponding rearextensions,v a cross-bar carried by said extensions in rear of the side rails, an ironing-board hinged to the upper end of the ladder, a hook-shaped seat upon the under side of the board'adjacent the free end thereof, a pair of spaced seats upon the under side of the boardintermediate of the ends thereof, a combined brace and prop member made up of spaced longitudinally slotted side bars and terminal cross-bars corinecting the same, the crossbar of the ladder being received within the slots of the prop and said prop being slidable endwise across the barand pivotally mounted thereon to permit of the rop being turned into substantial paralle ism with the ladder-section at the back thereof and between the laddersection and the ironing-board in the folded condition of the device, one of the cross-bars of the pro ca able of being engaged'with the terminalliool ed seat of the ironing-board when the device is set up as a ladder, the prop capable of being turned upon the cross-bar of the ladder andslid endwise through said ladder across the same and have the upper ends of the'pl'op members engaged with the intermediate'seats of the ironing-board to support the device for use as an iromng-boa'rd, and

stops carried by the. inner sidesof the rails of the ladder-section in position to engage the upper edges of the prop-bars and brace the structure when setup as an ironing-board.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto, afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER SCOTT. Witnesses: j

HENRY C. RoGERs, DESBRISAY GLADWIN. 

